Apollo-class cruiser

HMS Spartan, pictured in Norwegian waters in 1904
Class overview
NameApollo class
Operators
Preceded byPearl class
Succeeded byAstraea class
Built1889–1892
In commission1889–1931
Completed21
Lost6
Scrapped15
General characteristics
TypeProtected cruiser
Displacement3,600 long tons (3,700 t)
Length314 ft (96 m)
Beam43 ft 6 in (13.26 m)
Draught17 ft 6 in (5.33 m)
Speed19.75 knots (36.58 km/h; 22.73 mph)
Complement273 to 300
Armament
Right elevation and deck plan as depicted in Brassey's Naval Annual 1897

The Apollo class were second-class protected cruisers designed by Sir William White and built for the Royal Navy in the late 19th century. Twenty-one ships of this class were built, making it the largest single class of steel cruisers ever built for the Royal Navy to the same design.

  1. ^ Scott, Percy (1919). Fifty Years in the Royal Navy. London: John Murray. pp. 88.